Kino packed up the oil painting and stood up: "Let's go, get ready to do business."

Paladin nodded: "As you command."

"Where are the salt crystals to be processed yesterday?" Kino asked.

Paladin quickly reacted: "It has been washed and stored. I will get it right away!"

Not long after, Paladin packed the salt crystals collected yesterday in a sack and brought them over. He also took out two cloaks and handed one of them to Kino.

Kino took the cloak and narrowed his eyes: "Why did you give this to me?"

Paladin said wisely: "These salt crystals cannot be reported and must be disposed of, but they are expensive. It would be a pity to destroy them directly. You must want to sell them on the black market. The cloak can prevent us from unnecessary eyes."

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After hearing this, Kino looked at him with great interest and his eyes were deep.

It must be said that Paladin reacted very quickly. As soon as he saw Kino's eyes, he realized that something was wrong. He quickly leaned over and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I won't try to figure out your intentions anymore..."

"You are smarter than I thought." Kino left a sentence with a half-smile.

Paladin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, put on his cloak, and led Kino towards the black market.

The population of Xilin Town is only 5,000. The so-called "black market" is not really a market. It is just a dark alley with low buildings on both sides covered with ivy. You can see discarded garbage everywhere, and it is full of flying flies. You can also see some

Traces of human tampering.

At the entrance of the alley, there were several homeless people with thin faces and ragged clothes taking a nap. From time to time, they wrinkled their noses that were red due to inflammation. You could also see some people who were suspected of carrying contraband walking out of their homes. Watch the surroundings carefully and then copy them.

Leave the trail.

Paladin must be a regular visitor here, and he was very knowledgeable about this. He woke up a homeless man and stuffed a few iron moons into his body.

The homeless man was drowsy and muttered like he was talking in his sleep: "What is the most beautiful sound in life?"

Paladin replied in a deep voice: "It is the echo of the collision of moon coins."

The homeless man's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he nodded towards him, motioning to follow him.

Just as Paladin was about to follow him, he suddenly realized that Kino was not behind him.

He turned around and saw that Kino was still standing at the entrance of the alley, his expression obscured by his cloak.

Paladin was about to call out, but his eyes were fixed and he found something blocking Kino - a pool of sewage.

There was a pool of sewage at the entrance of the alleyway, mixed with rotting garbage. The stench was overwhelming, and the area was so large that it was difficult for Kino's height to cross it in one step.

Recalling the scene where Kino cut off the blood-stained cuffs yesterday, Paladin realized something and trotted over without showing any signs of dirtiness. He knelt directly in the sewage with his back arched like a humble servant.

"Thank you." Kino stepped on Paladin's back, crossed the pool of sewage, and walked into the alley.

Under the guidance of the homeless man, Kino and Paladin entered a secret passage that was usually difficult to detect, leading directly underground. They circled left and right in the labyrinth-like tunnels extending in all directions, and saw many open black market shops one after another.

The overall layout of these shops is very simple. The shelves are stocked with items that can be found everywhere in grocery stores outside, such as gloves, rolling pins, scissors, etc. The only thing missing is the word "Good People" engraved on the door.

As for the really good stuff, such as succubus tail liquid, fire bullwhip, tiger bone powder, or illegal drugs such as addictive drugs, they have a secret inventory and only provide it to regular customers or customers introduced by partners.

Never put it outside.

In this way, even if soldiers can break through the maze-like tunnel and come here for a surprise inspection, they will not be able to get any clues.

Xilin Town has organized several cleanups of the black market in the past, but it had no choice but to deal with these cunning black marketeers. In the end, it could only acquiesce to its existence like other towns, and even secretly cooperated and colluded.

Not to mention anything else, the demand for succubus tail fluid, a yang-solidifying product, is huge~

The tramp took the two of them for a while, entered a room, said, "Regular customers." After that, he left by himself.

Inside the room, the leader was a skinny, rickety old man. When he smiled, he would reveal his inlaid gold teeth, which were said to be made of a gold moon.

In Xilin Town, everyone calls him Mr. Tang.

There were two people next to him, one was Mr. Tang's deputy, nicknamed One-Eyed Dragon.

There is another one who is a thick and muscular thug with bulging muscles. One look in his eyes will tell you that he is carrying a murder case.

"Look who's here, Paladin~" As soon as Paladin and Kino entered the house, Mr. Tang greeted them with a smile.

Paladin knows that you should not laugh with such a profiteer. If you smile, he will think you are easy to talk to and will think of ways to kill you.

Paladin threw the bag containing salt crystals forward and said expressionlessly: "There is something you need to deal with."

Mr. Tang slowly opened the bag and took a look. The smile on his face suddenly solidified, and his expression began to turn gloomy.

Seeing this, the thugs quietly walked to the door and blocked their escape.

Mr. Tang asked coldly: "Where did it come from?"

Paladin stared back: "It's not your place to ask."

"Smuggling salt crystals is a serious crime. Do you want to die?! I...wait." Mr. Tang pointed at Kino wearing a cloak, "Who is this little guy?"

"Shut your mouth!" Paladin pushed Mr. Tang, "Are you blind? This is the Civil Affairs Officer!"

Kino cooperated very well, taking off the hood of his cloak and showing a friendly smile: "Good morning, Mr. Tang."

Mr. Tang did not face the civil affairs officials with the respect he deserved. From this, we can see how little prestige the former Kino had.

Mr. Tang nodded thoughtfully: "Oh...I understand. You have seized the salt crystals and want to exchange them for money, so you can take them to me to sell the stolen goods?"

Kino spread his hands and said with a smile: "We can negotiate a suitable price."

Mr. Tang walked around Kino, looking up and down without hesitation. Finally, his eyes fell on the naturally raised smiling lips, and he hinted with a smile: "Now, our safety is tied together. We might as well...

.Let’s change places to talk about cooperation? The bed in my dormitory is very big.”

Paladin's eyes showed anger, but he did not dare to make his own decision and could only wait for Kino to answer.

Chino said calmly: "I respect everyone's orientation and don't discriminate against people like you. But I'm sorry, I don't do this either."

Mr. Tang made a sound, turned around, kicked open the salt crystal bag, and said coldly: "Take it away, this thing is too hot, I can't take it."

Paladin looked at Kino, who nodded and said nothing more.

Paladin calmly picked up the bag and left with Kino, preparing to find another house.

I don’t know if it was because the failed hookup made Mr. Tang very unhappy. He spat and muttered: "That sucks."

Kino stopped and turned his back to Mr. Tang, unable to see his expression.

After a few seconds of silence, Chino walked to the nearby shelf, selected for a moment, and picked up a pair of small waterproof leather gloves: "How much do these gloves cost?"

"Three copper moons. What are you doing? Are you coming to the black market to buy gloves?" Mr. Tang was a little confused.
Chapter completed!